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MADRID (AP) Spain's government halted an air traffic control strike on Saturday by imposing an emergency decree to threaten the disgruntled employees with prison terms under military law. Flights resumed, but hundreds of thousands of travellers remai...
DATE: Dec 06, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) Their political options limited, Democrats and Republicans appeared to unite yesterday behind the outlines of an economic package that would temporarily extend expiring tax rates as well as jobless benefits for millions of Americans.
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DATE: Dec 06, 2010
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Israel fires under control
JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli officials said an inferno that has raged for four days in a northern Israeli forest was under control by nightfall, helped in part by the world's largest flying fire extinguisher a Boeing 747 from the...
DATE: Dec 06, 2010
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EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) A shark tore the arm off an elderly German tourist at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, killing her almost immediately, security and diving officials said yesterday, only days after sharks badly mauled four other European tourists in t...
DATE: Dec 06, 2010
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GENEVA (AP) WikiLeaks' elusive founder, his options dwindling, has turned to Switzerland's credit, postal and Internet infrastructure to keep his online trove of US State Department cables afloat.
Supporters say Julian Assange is considering seeking ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2010
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The great Earl Cameron has described as “highly productive” the sentimental journey he has made to the land of his birth during the past ten days. It’s been hectic, but most enjoyable, he said, made moreso by working with Marcus Thompson, the awa...
DATE: Dec 04, 2010
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‘Few people shared Fessenden's belief that broadcasting voices was possible. When he asked the opinion of the great Thomas Edison, Edison replied, “Fezzie, what do you say are man's chances of jumping over the moon? I think one is as likely as the ot...
DATE: Dec 04, 2010
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Bermuda Broadcasting Company's news director is recovering after nearly dying as Hurricane Igor approached.
Tracey Neale, who is a Bermudian award-winning journalist, was one of the last residents to be rushed into the King Edward VII Memorial H...
DATE: Dec 03, 2010
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Acclaimed Bermudian actor Earl Cameron yesterday spoke with children at Victor Scott Primary School where he studied more than 80 years ago.
Mr Cameron, 93, returned to the Island this week as part of a documentary being filmed about his life and 69-...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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Perhaps it was the salty air of Dover's Cliffs. Maybe it was the e-mail from a friend encouraging me to experience it. Was it the notorious name?
Brighton. I had heard the name so many times and even though it is only about 50 miles from London, I ha...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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